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Mariners’ Mugs

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Mariners’ Mugs
Category: Ceramics – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Lydia Andriesen
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This set of mugs was inspired by the classic seaboat captain shape with a narrow lip to keep a warm drink from splashing around with the waves. I wanted design to have an insulating effect with the wide base holding the beverage and narrow necks keeping heat from escaping. Achieving this shape proved rather difficult, but after many attempts, my collaring technique on the wheel improved until I was able to replicate the ideal form for the pair. The Oregon Red clay, still visible on the bottom, complements the Opal Sky and Floating Blue glaze combination as the Opal Sky’s translucency allows the deep red clay to be seen on the lip.
Artwork Dimensions: 5 ½ inches wide, 4 ¼ inches tall
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Filed Under: Ceramics – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Trout Tail Mugs

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Trout Tail Mugs
Category: Ceramics – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Sanona Sundberg
School: Haines High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: These two mugs I created as a pair. They use the same glaze colors: Blue Hares Fur and a semi-matte white. The title of the set is Trout Tails. I created these pieces with two different types of clay. Oregon White and and Oregon Red Clay. This year, I have been focusing on pulling my own handles and creating clean, functional pottery.
Artwork Dimensions: 3.75 inches high x 4 inches wide (each mug)
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Filed Under: Ceramics – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Chiseled Stone Tea Set

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Chiseled Stone Tea Set
Category: Ceramics – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Seth McClurg
School: Haines High School
Grade: 10th
Artist Statement: This set, Chiseled Stone, is meant to portray – you guessed it – chiseled stone. The choice to leave the many facets un-glazed is meant to draw attention to the texture and form of the set, rather than vibrant colors or beautiful illustrations. The Chiseled Stone set is utilitarian, not fragile or dainty; it’s meant to be used. The form and size of the cups make them comfortable to hold for sipping on a delicious beverage and the teapot’s cylindrical shape makes brewing and cleaning easy.

I had a design plan in mind before throwing the set and knew that I wanted to try an interesting trimming technique in order to get the chiseled, faceted aesthetic. To start, I threw each of the pieces a little thicker than necessary to account for the trimming I would do later. Once leather-hard, I took a looped ribbon tool and carved chunks out of the outside relatively deeply. I went in all different directions while carving, using the wide and narrow end of the tool to get different sized facets. I left a little bit of the top edge uncarved to leave a comfortable sipping rim and to enhance with a bit of Allspice glaze. After trimming the texture, I trimmed the feet very basically and simplistically. There are no handles on the cups to keep them simple and to save on the workload (as there are five separate cups), and the handle on the teapot is an unornamented slab cut-out, to keep with the simple aesthetic. Inside each piece is a slightly glossy, white, Vanilla Spice glaze. The outer rims (and handle/spout) are all wrapped in the tan Allspice glaze.

After creating this set, I’m satisfied with the result. The chiseled stone texturing came out exactly as I imagined, and the set includes a teapot and more than two similar cups which I am pretty happy about – I finally achieved my goal of making a functional (and fashionable) tea set and am proud of the accomplishment.

Artwork Dimensions: Teapot height: 6 10/16" Teapot width: 8 ½" Teapot depth: 4 7/16" Cup height: 3 ¼" Cup width: 3" Cup depth: 2 15/16"
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Filed Under: Ceramics – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Slab Pitcher

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Slab Pitcher
Category: Ceramics – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Sierra Clark
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: With it being my first year working with ceramics, this pitcher was both new and exciting as well as a learning curve. Before Spring break, we were assigned to build a slab formation vase, and we were given the freedom to choose what kind of art piece we wanted to build and which type of clay we wished to use. I chose to work with Oregon White clay and to build a triangular pitcher. Since I was making it from slabs and not throwing the clay, a four-sided pitcher would have been much easier to construct and slightly less awkward to handle. But the idea of it only having three sides had too much of an imperfect, flowing attraction to resist. So I rolled out some clay and got to work with messy hands.

Personally, the most challenging part was picking out which color of glazes to use. The first thing I always notice on a piece of pottery is the way the colors flow together. I simply love colors, which makes it difficult for me to choose. Eventually, I decided on the fade from a light blue to a dark purple. Some of the glazes moved while others weren’t supposed to, so it took layering both the moving and non-moving glazes together, two runs through the glaze kiln to accomplish the idea I hoped to achieve.

Artwork Dimensions: 10 inches high x 7 inches wide
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Filed Under: Ceramics – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Coastal Metropolis

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Coastal Metropolis
Category: Drawing – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Haley Boron
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This piece depicts a birds-eye-view of a bustling cityscape alongside a coastline. The coast and boardwalk are at the top of the page, and the city starts to form as your eye moves down the page. There is a concrete highway that curls through the city, and rays of light shine across the piece from the top right corner of the page. Organic elements in this piece include the crashing waves, seagulls, and foliage. Light and dark values as well as perspective are the main elements of this piece. The tops of the buildings are relatively lighter while the ground, foliage, and streets are almost black in some places. The focal point of perspective is cradled in the “U” shaped building at the bottom of the piece, and the light source is at the top right corner. This piece was created with pen and pencil, and by usage of methodical perspective and fluid stylistic techniques.
The goal of this artwork was to highlight beauty within the urban landscape. For kids who have been born and raised in small rural towns, it is often hard to adjust to the urban setting. I feel that the ability to find the beauty within unfamiliarity is important, as it will help me personally as I go to college. Another goal of this piece was to challenge myself to a very methodical, inorganic way of drawing. The use of orthogonal lines and other rigid perspective techniques is a method that is far out of my comfort zone, and I feel that this piece helped me broaden my artistic skills. As I move forward in my artistic endeavors, I will incorporate more elements of perspective in my pieces.
Artwork Dimensions: 9 inches wide x 12 inches high
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Filed Under: Drawing – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Self Portrait

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Self Portrait
Category: Drawing – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Haley Boron
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This self portrait was made using value mapping techniques, and was referenced off of a black and white photograph. The subject is looking to the right with a confident smirk, and is defined with a color scheme of yellow, orange, blue, and green. The main elements of this piece that I challenged myself with were the usage of lighting and dramatic contrast. The majority of the face is entirely white, and some subtle yellow values are present around the tip of the nose and right cheek to add more dimension. Contrasting to the white spaces are almost entirely black values in the hair, eyes, and eyebrows. This piece was created so I could find the beauty in my natural self. In the photo of myself that I referenced, I had no makeup on. I drew my features as they were, challenging myself to not do anything that would make me look objectively “prettier” in terms of mainstream societal standards. I feel like I accomplished that goal. This piece not only broadened my artistic capabilities, but also instilled in me a greater confidence in myself.
Artwork Dimensions: 9 inches wide x 12 inches high
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Filed Under: Drawing – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

Ivory Bush

April 9, 2021 ASAA

Title of Art Piece: Ivory Bush
Category: Mixed Media – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Sanona Sundberg
School: Haines High School
Grade: 11th
Artist Statement: The title of my piece is Ivory Bush, depicting a deer that has coral for antlers. The idea for the piece came from a past drawing I did for an Inktober sketchbook prompt. To create this piece I enlarged my design on the piece of paper, then switched over to using an X-Acto knife to cut out individual pieces. I laid it out the negative shapes and glued the pieces down using a spray adhesive. I tried to incorporate the idea of combining two different natures, and how you can create peace with two different things. I adore nature and love to be outside. I had to be fully focused for this piece, precision was necessary.
Artwork Dimensions: 12 inchs x 12 inches
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Filed Under: Mixed Media – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

French Butter Dish

April 20, 2021 ASAA


3rd Place – Ceramics

Title of Art Piece: French Butter Dish
Category: Ceramics – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Lydia Andriesen
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: A conventional butter dish is rectangular in shape, but this dish defies standards with its soft round curves, similar to a French Butter Dish or Butter Crock. The base is made of one piece of clay by pressing out the outer flat rim before pulling the inner rim where about half a stick of butter would sit. The most challenging step in the process was throwing and trimming an inverted small bowl for the lid, using the aid of calipers to achieve the correct diameter that encompassed the base. The curved lid is topped with a French twist for a handle.
Artwork Dimensions: 5 inches in diameter, 4 inches tall
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Filed Under: Ceramics – 2021, Winners – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

A Book Beginning

April 20, 2021 ASAA


3rd Place – Mixed Media

Title of Art Piece: A Book Beginning
Category: Mixed Media – 2021
Student/Artist’s Name: Yzella Miramontes
School: Haines High School
Grade: 12th
Artist Statement: This piece came from a class project using the concept of Japanese Notans. When researching the project, the Notan pieces I was inspired by were the ones that told distinctive stories and used the reflection of the paper purposefully. Setting out to create a work of art, I liked the idea of parallel stories and perspective. I thought of a love story between two people who met by chance in a library after they reached for the same book. As an avid experiencer of the romance genre, I enjoy stories that highlight both the perspectives of the people in the couple. Who they were before, and the power I have as the reader/watcher to understand their stories and watch the art unfold before me, making connections they couldn’t in the moment. The idea was there and the composition was the next hurdle. I cut the scenes out of circles, overlapping the scenes perfectly was hard an required a lot of measuring. As the project progressed, I let go of my desire to be very detailed with the towering bookshelf, wielding only a pair of scissors and an X-Acto knife.
Artwork Dimensions: 16 inches x 16 inches
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Filed Under: Mixed Media – 2021, Winners – 2021 Tagged With: Haines - 2021

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